Director’s Legend - Chapter 340
The summer of 2010 was a harvest season, for Shao Shuaijun.
Li Xiuxiu’s belly is getting bigger day by day, and Xiao Shao is already moving in his belly. Now Shao Shuaijun’s favorite thing to do is to listen to Xiao Shao’s movements against his belly. Every time there was a movement on his belly, his uncle, who was in his thirties, couldn’t help but laugh all day.
Now Li Xiuxiu has completely left the job and has a baby with peace of mind. For the young couple, there is nothing in the world more precious than the upcoming Shao Qikai. Li Xiuxiu’s belly is getting bigger day by day, and the whole villa is becoming more and more lively every day. Naturally, the young and old in the two families must be nervous and busy.
The executives and entertainers of Dream Chasing Entertainment are also busy with the battle. No way, the big *OSS matter is the top priority for them. If you don’t show up at this time, you will have to wait until.
Compared with the gains of small families, the company’s gains are also huge.
The first listed company to pursue the dream of Jiahe, this year’s two major projects, the Youth League and Qingfengdao, have put into production a total of 28 domestic films, of which 12 have lost money, 9 have been flat, and 7 have made money. Among them, He Kunyang’s “Little Midnight”, Fang Xuan’s “A Warm Story Dedicated to Those Lonely Children”, Cao Jing’s “Angry Kettle”, and Wang Feixiang’s “Xiaguan” have all gained more than a thousand. Ten thousand yuan at the box office.
In addition to the work of the Youth League released a year ago, Yang Qing’s “Night Store” won 30 million box office, and Zhang Mo’s “No More Lonely” won 25 million box office. It can be said that the current Youth League and Qingfengdao have not discovered what a sensational movie, but they are getting better and better, and they have a positive upward trend.
Different from the small troubles of the Youth League and Qingfengdao, this year Dream Chasing Jiahe has produced a number of box office bombs.
“Beijing meets Seattle” was released in March. This is the work of Xue Xiaolu, a screenwriter under the Dreaming Culture Brokerage Company. She has edited many movies and TV series. In 2009, she was transferred to director and filmed “Love Ocean”. With a box office of 80 million, this year he made persistent efforts to film “Beijing Meets Seattle”, which earned a box office of 480 million yuan, making it a domestically produced film second only to “Old Boy” with 800 million yuan.
“Ip Man 2: Legend of the Grand Master” was released in April. This is a cooperation plan between Dream Chasing Jiahe and Zhenzidan under the proposal of Shao Shuaijun. In 2008, he invited Ye Weixin to direct and starring in the Kung Fu blockbuster “Ip Man”. The box office in the mainland nearly exceeded 100 million yuan, and the overseas results were very good. This year, “Ip Man 2: Legend of the Grand Master”, also directed by Ye Weixin and starring Zhenzidan, won a good box office of 230 million yuan in the mainland and more than 320 million yuan globally.
“Eavesdropping 2” was released in May, which was another cooperation plan proposed by Shao Shuaijun that year. In 2008, Mai Zhaohui and Zhuang Wenqiang were invited to co-direct “Eavesdropping”. The mainland won 90 million box office and the total overseas was 120 million yuan. This year, Mai Zhaohui and Zhuang Wenqiang once again joined forces to film “Eavesdropping 2”, which earned a box office of 260 million yuan.
“Search” was released in June. The film was adapted from the book “Please Forgive Me” by Wen Yu, the author of Time Novel. From the very beginning, Time Novel was built as a content providing website, supported by Dreaming Jiahe, subscriptions and other revenues belong to the author, attracting a large number of talented authors to station, and many best-selling novels have been adapted into movies by Dreaming Jiahe. TV series. After “Excuse Me” was adapted into a screenplay by the screenwriter of Dreaming Jiahe, Chen Kai was invited to direct it. The final score was 180 million at the box office, which is not bad.
“To Our Dying Youth” was released in July. Back then, Shao Shuaijun bought Xinyiwu’s original novel and kept it in his hands. Later, when Zhao Wei’s original artist contract expired, he was sloppily poached to pursue dream culture. At the same time, he went to Nortel’s director department for further studies. Only then did Shao Shuaijun hand the novel to Zhao Wei. The relationship between everyone in “Painted Skin” was very good. , Shao Shuaijun did not want to **** her famous work.
So there is this year’s movie, because three years ahead of schedule, the box office of “To Youth” only got 630 million yuan, which is less than the original track of 720 million yuan, but it still successfully squeezed out Xue Xiaolu’s “Beijing City” “Meeting Seattle” became the second domestic film after “Old Boy”.
In September, it has been confirmed that “The Sound of the Wind” will be released. In 2009, Chasing Dream Jiahe produced Gao Qunshu and Chen Guofu’s co-direction. Shao Shuaijun bought the copyright and handed it over to the screenwriter for adaptation of “The Wind”, which earned 225 million box office. This year Gao Qunshu independently directed the sequel “The Sound of the Wind”.
In October, the release of “The Wind is Coming”, this is the prequel to “The Wind”, independently directed by Chen Guofu. In fact, after “The Wind”, the two directors diverged and stopped co-directing. For this reason, Dreaming Golden Harvest decided to shoot a prequel and a sequel at the same time.
In November, it was decided to release “Painted Skin 2”, the annual highlight of Dream Chasing Jiahe. This is the sequel to “Painted Skin” after three years. It is directed by Wu Ershan. Shao Shuaijun also participated in part of the screenwriting work, which is not good for him The place has been repaired. Because this sequel will not only be released in the mainland, but the global schedule is scheduled. Among them, it will land in the United States in December, and some changes must be made to cater to international tastes.
It is scheduled to be released in December and invested in “Let the Bullets Fly” directed by Jiang Wen. Jiang Wen is now also a contract director of the Dreaming Culture Brokerage Company. Basically, Mainland China and Hong Kong are the world of Dreaming Entertainment. Sloppy and Wang Jinhua, two brothers and sisters in the brokerage industry, have joined forces to almost monopolize the brokerage business.
It can be said that the annual film schedule of Summit Entertainment will dominate Hollywood, and the mainland film schedule of Chasing Golden Harvest is also destined to dominate the Chinese film circle. The original production ability of Chasing Dream Golden Harvest was not strong, but it couldn’t hold back the money. In the few years after its listing, it successively acquired a number of small film companies, TV drama production companies, and program production companies, and it became a mainland entertainment company. Giant.
If it weren’t for the China Film Group that controls the import rights of Hollywood blockbusters, it would be the only one in the mainland film market that Chasing Dreams Golden Harvest. After all, with the support of Summit Entertainment, Chasing Dream Golden Harvest’s ability to release blockbuster films is no worse than China Film Group.
And this year is also the year that Dream Chasing South Asia Entertainment has established a foothold in India. As of August, Dream Chasing South Asia Investment made “Bollywood Robot Love”, “My Name is Khan”, and “Action Tiger”. Waiting for more than a dozen films, all have been released, making a sensation in the entire Indian film industry.
Among them, “My Name is Khan” was first released in March, raking in 2 billion rupees, which is about 200 million yuan, setting the first box office record in the history of local Indian movies, second only to “Avatar” of 2.5 billion rupees. Ranked second in the total box office of film history.
“Codenamed Tiger Action” was released in May, which caused another sensation. After two months of release, it grabbed 3 billion rupees and became the overall box office champion of Indian movies.
And then “Bollywood Robot Love”, which was released in June, surpassed the “Codename Tiger Action”, grabbing 35 billion rupees and reaching the top in one fell swoop.
Dream Chasing South Asia Entertainment has only taken root in India for a year and invested in more than a dozen movies. Three of them have set the record of local movies in India for the third time, making the whole of India boiling. With the addition of “Slumdog Millionaire”, Dream Chasing South Asia quickly became a film company loved by Indian audiences.
The mayor of Mumbai, who has interests, even said to the outside world that his investment in Mumbai by Dreaming Entertainment was his best investment in the seat of mayor of Mumbai.
Now, Dream Chasing South Asia has three movie plans, “RA.One”, “Love Endless” and “Three Fools in Bollywood”, plus the first three, which are the six Indian films that Shao Shuaijun knows. After six movies, the company needs its own vision.
The foundation has been salvaged, and all that is left is to see how tall buildings can be built.
Dream Chasing Golden Harvest, Summit Entertainment, Marvel Comics, Dream Chasing Nanya, Dream Chasing Games, Time.com, Obvious, and the six pillar subsidiaries of Dream Chasing Entertainment Group have taken shape, and a huge entertainment kingdom is emerging. .
“This year’s entertainment industry can already be named the “Dream Year” in advance!” While reporting on “Rise of the Apes”, “Times” also introduced the overall movie releases of Dreams Entertainment. Finally, Ended with this sentence.
The world can no longer stop Shao Shuaijun.
From August 20th to August 22nd, the third weekend of “Rise of the Apes” ends. Basically from this week, the summer vacation is over. In this last train, five movies have been released on a medium scale this week.
Miramax Films’ “Sow Love” ranked eighth with $8.1 million. Since the release of “Painted Skin”, Miramax Films has fallen from a first-rate Hollywood company to a Hollywood third-rate company. .
Another Universal production “Magic Nanny 2”, ranked seventh with 8.3 million US dollars. As a sequel, the opening score is less than 10 million US dollars. It is conceivable that Universal is depressed. This year is indeed the most sad reminder of the world. Of the year.
“Piranha 3D” produced by Weinstein ranked sixth, and the response was fairly good, with $10 million to ensure a return. “Second-rate Detective”, which was released for three weeks, was fifth at $11 million, Warner’s new “Loto Lottery” was fourth at $11.12 million, and last week’s “Being a Girl for a lifetime” was third at $12 million.
In second place this week is the comedy film “The Twilight Movie” produced by Twentieth Century Fox spoofing “Twilight”.
This movie not only includes the plot of the world-popular “Twilight” and even the plot of “Alice in Wonderland”, Lady-Gaga and the American drama “Jersey Beach”. It’s a pity that 20th Century Fox wanted to make a fortune with the hype “Twilight”, but the audience didn’t buy it. 3774 theaters in North America released it for only $12 million. It proves that not every time the leftovers of others can be fragrant.
At the top of this week’s list is the three consecutive titles of “Rise of the Apes”, with $37.6 million, making the last train of this summer vacation more calm. So far, the total box office of “Rise of the Apes” in North America has reached 250 million US dollars, which has exceeded the expectations of experts.
In the mainland, “Rise of the Apes” finally gave up the championship, finishing second with 52.3 million yuan. The champion was Feng Xiaogang’s “Tangshan Earthquake”. However, this week, “Rise of the Apes” still got a box office of 100 million outside North America, with a global box office of 540 million US dollars. It is almost certain that it will surpass the US$613 million of “Teddy Bear” and become Shao Shuaijun’s second-grossing film. . (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!)